Government Pharmaceutical Training 
Mad in America
OCTOBER 12, 2024
While the researcher had just completed his academic training to become a psychiatrist, he received no education at all on the withdrawal issues facing him, as well as more than 1 in 6 patients prescribed antidepressants. SSRI antidepressants and other blockbuster psychiatric drugs were released in the late 1980s and early 1990s.
Mad in America
FEBRUARY 10, 2024
Published in the British Medical Journal (BMJ), 30+ prominent figures called on the UK government to acknowledge the evidence that antidepressants are no better than placebos for most patients and to increase funding of social and psychological interventions while decreasing drug prescriptions.
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Mad in America
DECEMBER 4, 2023
For example, while seeking treatment for my own back pain/disability problem, including an attempt to get a waiver from my insurance company policy of mandatory steroid injections before authorization for back surgery, my experiences have strengthened my belief that too much of healthcare is governed by clinical belief rather than science.
Mad in America
FEBRUARY 20, 2024
If only he could apply himself to his study of history and government he would be well qualified for the job (But who are we kidding? His undergrad is in Biology, he has a master’s in education and was trained as a lawyer. It is for these reasons that we train them to be competent in these areas. Mr. Blue is highly educated.
Vantage Circle
MARCH 21, 2020
I once worked at an organization, and my department worked on connecting pharmaceutical companies with government officials. The organization offered great benefits, invested a lot in corporate training, and provided us with many financial bonuses. You Spread Them Thin. Yet, my department had a very high turnover.
Mad in America
OCTOBER 21, 2023
In these interviews, I have talked about the components of the psychiatric-pharmaceutical-industrial complex, along with how psychiatry meets the political needs of the ruling class and dysfunctional families. Mainstream media is another major player in the psychiatric-pharmaceutical-industrial complex. Evolutionary geneticist R.C.
Mad in America
SEPTEMBER 7, 2024
Doctors became hypnotized by the appearance of “science”, even if the literature they consulted was essentially pharmaceutical advertising. Such optimism would be disappointed by dwindling pharmaceutical progress in the later half of the century. When medications did cause harm, the doctors were completely blind to it.
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